Dog attack
A horrifying story out of Lockport on Tuesday was treated very differently by local radio and TV news outlets and this newspaper.
The incident was about a 2-year-old boy who had been viciously attacked by a pit bull, the family's pet. The child was admitted to Women and Children's Hospital in serious but improving condition.
We handled the story in the Police & Courts column in the City and Region section. And because the victim is a young child and the actions of the dog were considered quite rare, we chose not to include graphic details of the attack.
Local TV and radio broadcasts did include the disturbing details.
Is this a case of censorship? No, but it does underscore the important differences between The News, which is a family newspaper, and publications like the National Inquirer.
We reported the story accurately without offering secondary details that would disturb the great majority of our readers.
